Toy ring game



y 19.42. J. M. BEATTY I 2,282,555 v TOY RING GAME 7 Filed Oct. 29, 1940 Patented May 12, 1942 i 1 ED STATES TOY RING GAME J ames M. Beatty, BrooklylnN. v Application October 29, 1940. seria No. 363,279

indicia circumferentially'positioned on itsupper 3 Claims.

This invention relates to small hand toys and particularly to a ring game and has for its objects to provide a simple, efiicient and inexpensive toy ring game.

An object of this invention is to provide a whirling-motion game comprising an axle having an annular indicia disk rotatably mounted at the upper portion of said axle and having a ringshaped target secured bya flexible string to said disk for rotating said "disk when the axle is whirled with its lower'end in fixed position in the hand of the user and its upper end motivated in a circular orbit.

Another object of this invention is to provide an inverted dish-shaped casing fixed to the upper. end of the axle and having a sight opening through which the indicia on the rotatable disk may be viewed.

Another object of this invention is to provide a pin projecting from the upper end of the casing and serving as a receiver for the ring-shaped target.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described, and the combination and arrangement of parts will be shown in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the claims which form part of this specification.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which:

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal cross-sectional view of the toy ring game.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the device.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of a casing having a sight opening.

Figure 4 is a bottom view of the casing and an indicia disk rotatable therein.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the indicia disk.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the numeral I indicates a handle or axle which is preferably made of wood and has a cylindrical upper end portion 2 of smaller diameter than its lower end. The cylindrical end portion 2 provides a bearing for an annular dial member 5 rotatably mounted thereon by means of a central aperture l1 adapted to freely engage the cylindrical upper end portion 2. The annular dial member 5 preferably has an annular plate 9 secured to its upper surface. The plate 9 has a centrally positioned aperture l1 providing passage therethrough for the upper end 2. The plate 9 is preferably provided with triangular face to cover the entire surface thereof. 1

Secured by gluing to the reduced upper end 2 of the axle I is an elongated cylindrical extension IA having a pointed-upper end 4. The lower end of the extension -IA is" in spaced relation from the plate 9 to permit attachment to'said axle of an-inverted dish-shaped casing 6.- The, casing is of sufiicient height to extend to the bottom of the dial member 5. .The casing is. secured to the portion 2 by nailslll. I The base portion of the casing 6 has'au's'ight' opening 1 preferably of modified trapezoidalform and having two radially positioned sidewalls. The radial sidewalls are adapted to alineiwith the radial walls of the triangularly shaped'indicia on the annular plate 9. The casing 6 has a centrally positioned clearance aperture l6 providing passage 'therethrough for the upper end 2 of the axle I. I

Painted on the plate 9 are twelve variously colored sections, nine of which are of equal area and are identified by the numerals l8, I9, 20, 2|, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26. Three of the twelve sections 21a, 21b and 210 are of smaller area and jointly equal the area of one of the saidnine sections.

The large sections 20, 23 and 26 are colored red. The large sections I9, 22 and 25 are colored white. The large sections l8, 2| and 24 are 001-- ored blue. The small sections 21a, 21b and 270 are respectively colored blue, white and red.

A rubber target l5 preferably in the form of a ring, is secured at its lower end to a flexible cord I3 by suitable clamping means [4. The upper end of the cord I3 is secured to the lower surface of the annular member 5 by suitable clamping means II and I2.

In operation, the user grips the lower end of the handle or axle I and turns or rotates the v upper end thereof in a circular orbit. The weight of the target l5 causes the dial members 5 and 9 v to rotate. After the operator has rotated the dial member about three times, he stops turning the handle and tries to catch the rubber ring target I5 on the pointed end 4. The chance showing of a particular color or colors in the sight opening 1 is counted as a number of points. A full showing of a red colored section or a white colored section or a blue colored section counts as five points. A showing of two differently col ored sections counts as three points. A showing of three colored sections counts as ten points;

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described and illustrated the preferred embodimounted on said bearing, said indicia being suc- 1 cessively difierently colored, an inverted dishshaped casing fixed to said reduced upper end,- 5 portion of said axle and having a trapezoidal sight opening at its upper surface, said annular indicia member being of smaller diameter than said dish-shaped casing to permit rotation thereof within said casing, said indicia being circumferentially positioned and adapted to successively come-into viewinJ-said-sight opening, said rotatably mounted indicia member having a ringshaped target secured thereto by a flexible string, said indiciamember being adapted to rotate and acquire momentum whemsaid axle is whirled with its lower end in fixed position in the hand of the user and its upper end motivated in a circular orbit. 1

V 2. In a whirling-motion game,comprising an axle adapted to be gripped in the hand, said axle having a reduced upper end providing a bearing, an annular dial member having indicia on its upper surface and being rotatably mounted on said bearing, said indicia being successively difierently colored, an inverted dish-shaped casing fixed to said reduced upper end portion of said axle and having a sight opening at its upper surface, said annular indicia member being of smaller diameter than said dish-shaped casing to permit rotation thereof within said casing, said indicia being circumferentially positioned and adapted to successively come into view in said sight opening, said rotatably mounted indicia member having a ring-shaped target secured thereto by a flexible string, said indicia member being adapted to rotate and acquire momentum when said axle is whirled with its lower end in fixed position in the hand of the user and its upper end motivated in a circular orbit, and

an elongated extension projecting from the upper face of said casing serving as a receiver for a said ring-shaped target.

- 3. In a whirling-motion game, comprising an axle adapted to be gripped in the hand, said axle having a bearing, an annular dial member having indicia on its upper surface and being rotatably mounted on said bearing, said indicia being successively different from each other, an inverted dish-shaped casing fixed to said reduced upper end portion of said axle and having a sight opening at its upper surface, said annular indicia member being of smaller diameter than said dishshaped casing to permit rotation thereof within said casing, said indicia being adapted to successively come into view in said sight opening, said rotatably mounted indicia member having a ring-shaped target secured in spaced relation therefrom, whereby said indicia member is set in motion when said axle is whirled with its lower end in fixed position'in the hand of the user and its upper end is moved in a circular orbit.

JAMES M. BEATTY. 

